# How to set a price tolerance on purchase order matching in S/4HANA

In S/4HANA, decide how far a supplier invoice line may differ from the purchase order before a person must look at it. Set that limit where S/4HANA allows one and name who can pass a difference.

A price tolerance is the gap between the PO price and the invoice price that you accept without a query.

## Before you start

- Configuration access (system administration)

## The S/4HANA way

Where to find it: Customizing for Logistics Invoice Verification: tolerance limits

1. Open the tolerance limits in Customizing for Logistics Invoice Verification.
2. Choose the variance: price variance, quantity variance (invoice after or before goods receipt), order price quantity variance or schedule variance.
3. Set up to four limits for each: lower and upper, each as an absolute value or a percentage.
4. Set Do not check to stop a check. Set the upper limits to zero with Check limit to always block.

## Limits in S/4HANA

- Set by an administrator in configuration, not by AP users.
- If an upper limit is exceeded the invoice posts but is blocked for payment. Exceeding other limits can give a warning.

## Good to know in S/4HANA

- A payment block of R is put on the supplier line of the accounting document.

## Common mistakes

- Expecting AP users to change tolerances, when an administrator sets them in configuration.
- Setting the upper limits to zero with Check limit, which always blocks the invoice.

## Common questions

### Who sets purchase order tolerances in SAP?

An administrator, in Customizing for Logistics Invoice Verification: tolerance limits. AP users do not set them.

### Which variances can I limit?

Price variance, quantity variance (invoice after or before goods receipt), order price quantity variance and schedule variance. Set up to four limits for each: lower and upper, as an absolute value or a percentage.

### What happens when a limit is exceeded?

If an upper limit is exceeded the invoice posts but is blocked for payment, with payment block R on the supplier line. Exceeding other limits can give a warning.

### Can I set a tolerance in Pulsify?

No. Pulsify matches to within 1 cent and shows any bigger difference as a flag. Your approver decides.

## Sources

- https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/af9ef57f504840d2b81be8667206d485/8770b6531de6b64ce10000000a174cb4.html
- https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/af9ef57f504840d2b81be8667206d485/7870b6531de6b64ce10000000a174cb4.html

Source: https://www.pulsify.tech/how-to/set-a-price-tolerance-on-po-matching-in-sap-s4hana/ (last checked 2026-10-19)